Highly charged to combat of president ial election unlike anything most people have seen in recent memory and tonights there are 6 key issues that Chris Wallace has said that he will be asking the 2 candidates about thats right. They are first a trump biden records, this is a known particular no particular order. There to be talking about the Supreme Court obviously with rbg is passing current the new nominee. Covid19 the economy race and violence in our cities in addition, a 2 and tegra t of the election these of all been huge huge topics. I mean not even in the last year just in the last few months and you wonder certainly who. Is tuning in tonight in order to try to figure out who they will vote for so many folks have made up their minds you have people in. Trumps sector you have people in bidens sector and they dont really seem to see eye to eye on many issues, so you wonder just how many undecided voters there are one republican strategist frank luntz to studies all this polling thinks that theyre only maybe 5 of americans who are in fact undecided at this stage in the process and of those 5 only about a 3rd of them live in what you would call tossup States States that are actually going to matter. Yeah and i would bet that more than not theyre watching this i know this is a highly. As you mentioned debate it is the first debate of this president ial an election cycle. So you know you you theres been so much talk about biden with President Trump calling him quote unquote sleepy joe, obviously we know how the president is in terms of the way he approaches things so its going to really interesting dynamic to see president you know respond to the questions and you send any attacks over to biden virtually obviously. And people say that the expectations for biden are relatively low. So we just have to see how hes going to live or you would figure that will be. Fired President Trump famously had combative interactions with Hillary Clinton when they were facing off some 4 years ago, joe bidens team has reportedly been coaching him to not take the bait if you will figuring that President Trump will try irritate him poke him and some people on team trump feel that biden will try to do the same its unclear. The strategy that these 2 will employ President Trump claims he has not been practicing that much saying that being president is a constant rehearsal for these sorts of things saying he answers questions all the time. Biden meanwhile has taken time off from the campaign trail to really do this sort historically intense debate prep the you would see from the candidate. And we know that the president is very much about you know just flying off the cuff with these kind of thing so again. Very interesting to watch really really dont know if i would use the word exciting but definitely charged, we do know that its a 90 minute event theres the 6 topics that i mentioned there could be broken up into 15 minute discussion areas. But a huge topic of discussion that may come up. Is the tax the president s analysis i welcome you to the first of the 2020 president ial debates. Between president donald j trump. And former Vice President joe biden. This debate is sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. The commission has designed the format roughly 15 minute segments with 2 men and answers from each candidate to the first question then open discussion for the rest of the segment. Both campaigns have agreed to these rules for the record id a side of the topics and the questions in each topic. I can assure you none of the questions has been shared with the commission or the 2 candidates. This debate is being conducted under health and safety protocols designed by the Cleveland Clinic which is serving as the Health Security adviser to the commission for all 4 debates. As a precaution, both campaigns have agreed the candidates. Well not shake hands at the beginning of tonights debate. The audience here in the hall has promised to remain silent. No cheers. No booze or other interruptions so we and more importantly you can focus on what the candidates have to say. No noise accept right now as we welcome the republican nominee President Trump and the democratic nominee Vice President bite. The gentleman a lot of people have been waiting for this night so lets get going our first subject is the Supreme Court. President trump you nominated Amy Coney Barrett over the weekend to succeed the light Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the court. You say the constitution is clear about your obligation and the senates to consider nominated the court Vice President biden you say that this is an effort by the president and republicans to jam through an appointment and what you call and abuse of power. My first question to both of you tonight why are you right and make the argument you make and your opponent wrong and where do you think. Justice barrett would take the court. President trump in this first segment you go first 2 minutes, thank you very much chris, i will tell you very simply we won the election. Elections have consequences. We have the senate we have the white house and we have a phenomenal nominee respected by all top top good in every way good in every way. In fact as some of her biggest endorsers are very liberal people from notre dame in other places so i think shes going to be fantastic. We have plenty of time. Even if we did it after the election itself. I have a lot of time after the election as you know, so i think she will be outstanding shes going to be a. As good as anybody that has served and that could really feel that we have a professor at notre dame highly respected by all said she is the single greatest student hes ever had hes been a professor for a long time in a great school. And we we won the election and therefore we have the right to choose here and very few people knowingly would say otherwise and by the way the democrats they would even think about not doing it if they had the only difference is try and do it faster theres no way they would give it up. They had Merrick Garland but the problem is they didnt have the elections so they were stopped and probably that would happen in reverse also definitely would happen reverse. So we won the election and we have the right to do it chris. President trump. Thank same question to you Vice President biden you have 2 minutes. First of thank you for doing this because they were dismissed or the American People. Right tempus aid to the Supreme Court nominee is thats acres. When they vote for a United States senators and when they vote for the states. Theyre not going to get that chance now because were in the middle of an election already. Election has already started. 10s of thousands of people have already voted. And should happen is we should wait. We should wait and see what the outcome of this election is because thats the only way the American People get to express their view his by who they elect as president who they liked as Vice President. No whats at stake here is the president s made it clear. He wants to get rid of the Affordable Care act. Hes been running on that he ran on that and he than men governing on that. Is in the Supreme Court right now trying to get rid the the Affordable Care act will strip 20 Million People from having Insurance Health insurance now if if if they if it goes into court and the justice and i have nothing im not opposed the justices and she seems like a very fine person. But shes written before she went the bench which is her right. She thinks that the Affordable Care act is not constitutional. The other thing is on the korean if ever struck down what happens. Womens rights are fundamentally changed. Once again. A woman could be help pay more money because she has a preexisting condition of pregnancy. Were able to able to charge women more for the same exact procedure mandate gets and that ended when we in fact pass the Affordable Care act. And theres a 100 Million People have preexisting conditions and theyll be taken away as well. Those preexisting conditions that Insurance Companies are going to love this and so its just not appropriate to do this before this election. If he wins the election in the senate is democrat or republican. He goes forward if not we should wait until february or on a 100 Million People with preexisting conditions as far as to say is concerned the people already had they. Okay Justice Ginsburg said very powerfully very strongly at some point. 10 years ago or so she said president and the senate is elected for a period of time, but the president selected for 4 years. Were not elected for 3 not elected for 3 years. So we have the senate we have a president elected to the neck during that period of time during that period of time. We have an opening. Im not elected for 3 elected for 4 years in country are just going jump. The 100 Million People is totally wrong we got that number the bigger problem that you have is that youre going to extinguish 180 Million People with their private health care that theyre very simply not true. Well you socialist not only just so sure this is were now into gentleman were now into open just got discussion discussion. Yes, i great had vice he knows what i proposed. What i propose is we expand obamacare and we crease it we do not wipe any and one of the big debates we had with 23. Of my colleagues trying to win the nomination that i won were saying that biden wanted to allow people to have private insurance still. They can they do they will under my proposal that would you said i understand he has said is simply party doesnt say you patty were going to go socialist. Matt is hearty is an emotional is right now i am and they can examine a you know that i am the Democratic Party right now the platform of the is what i in fact approved of what i approved of. Now heres the deal. The deal is that its going to wipe out preexisting condition by the way. The 20 200 million to 200,000 people have died on his watch. They are how many of those that survive. Well there are 7 Million People have contracted covid what does it mean for them Going Forward if you strike down the Affordable Care act and show you just 308,000 military people died because you couldnt provide a Proper Health care in the military said oh tell me about how talk about and if you were here you it would be 2 Million People because you were very late on the draw you china which was heavily infected. You dont want me to ban all right with on the right with now is heavily in front you would have been rather later just a later mister president about 2 Million People are not on a writer. Haha were going to talk about covid in the next segment, but well ahead let me finish the point is that the president also. As opposed to roe v wade. Thats on the ballot as well in the court in the court. And so thats also at stake right now. And so the election is all you its on the ballot. I lies and the ballot but because the ballot is on the ballot in the morning said the court was nothing happening there. Donna just dont know her view on roe v wade i dont know if you all right, lets all right lets talk i would. Weve got a lot to unpack here gentlemen, we got a lot of time on health care with that will come back to roe v wade all right mister president the Supreme Court. Well here. A case a week after the election. In which the Trump Administration along with 18 state attorneys general are seeking to overturn it right obama care to end obamacare us spent the last because they want to give i would tell him goodbye may ask that question sir, Good Health Care the last 4 years you have promised to repeal and replace obamacare but you have never in these 4 years come up with a plan. A comprehensive plans place obama care or well, i to give you 100 i got rid of the individual mandate which was at of that is absolutely a big thing that mixer. As joe ive got you know joy mandate was the most unpopular picked of all time read is not likely they will press fbi writer in this debate and i would like you to let me ask my question and then you can answer i had run you in the course of these 4 years have never come up with a comprehensive plan to replace. Obama care and just this last thursday. You signed a largely symbolic executive order protect people with preexisting conditions 5 days before this debate so my question sir is what is the Trump Health Care plan. Well first, i guess im debating you not him, but thats okay, im not surprised let me just tell you something that because nothing symbolic. Im cutting drug prices, im going with favorite nations which no president has courage to do because youre going against big pharma. Drug prices will be coming down 8090 . You could have done a doing a 47 year period in government, but you didnt do it, nobodys done it so were Cutting Health care about all of the things that weve done so right now i give an example insulin. Its going to it was destroying families destroy people the cause. Im getting it for so cheap. Its like water you want to know the truth so cheap. Take a look at all of the drugs that what were doing Prescription Drug prices were going to allow our governors now to go to other countries to buy drugs because day just a tiny fraction this is open thir youll be happy im about to pick up on one of your points. The Vice President which is he points out that you would like to add a public option to obama care the argument that he makes another republicans make is that that is going to end private insurance and if i start asking the question and it says by the while and private insurance and create a government takeover of health it does not its only for those people who are so poor they qualify for medicaid. They can get that free in most states except governors who want to deny people are poor medicaid. Anyone who qualifies for medicare it she medicaid would automatically be enrolled in the public option. The vast majority of the American People would still not be in that option. Number one show you about it with Bernie Sanders i i left on the manifesto would manifest you socialize medicine look hey are you saying, the fact of the matter is i beat Bernie Sanders, not by much i buy baby in the whole lot, im not sign here stan would have level 2 days you would lost every prime who knows how to is they got very large deal. I got very lucky when youre very lucky tonight as well. And tonight, im going to make sure because theres a deal. Heres the deal. The fact is that everything he saying so far is simply a lie, im not here to call out his lies, Everybody Knows hes a liar. But you i i want to make sure you last that last time first of i want to make sure i can you let him finish sir, dont know how to do that. He has you know rise take your pick up a surprise going guy the wrong wrong time the sun you agreed with his it is anderson the man met him valley, there is no manifesto no reason speak mister number 2 just lost the left number 2 you just lost the left. You agreed with Bernie Sanders on a plan how salute leibowitz chairman i tell you what it is so light and we will at best at you have socialize medicine. Mister president are you what he is not for any help for people needing health care because because he in fact already has cost 10 Million People their health care that they had from their employers because it is recession. Number one number 2 there are 20 Million PeopleGetting Health Care through obamacare now that he wants to take it away. He wont ever look in id say thats what he wants to do take it away i want to give numbers every health care and a much lower price because i know doesnt know how he does in the is never offered affiliated to what extent he but probably realize what thinking at the same time its to expect, but let the president go ahead sir obama care is no good we made it better and i had a choice to make very early and we took away the individual mandate. We guarantee preexisting conditions but took away the individual mandate. This the way it is and that destroyed. That they should even call it obamacare that i had a choice to make do i let my people run it really well. Or badly if i run it badly theyll probably blame him, but they blame me but more importantly when tell people ok i said you got a runner so well thats i just had a meeting with them they said the problem is no matter how well youre an obama care. Its a disaster, its to expend i lie that doesnt work that sells you want to get rid of my understand its not but i have give you roughly equal time but lees. Let the